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Patron of persons with disabilities.
 
Feast Day: April 13th
 
Saint Margaret Castello is an Italian third order Dominican of the late 13th and early 14th century. She is a model not only for undying faith in the Lord, but also that all life has value. Margaret was born blind with dwarfism and physical ailments that left her with severe scoliosis and nearly unable to walk. Her prominent Italian parents wished to hide her from the world, so Margaret grew up in a walled-up room beside a chapel. There, she grew in faith until young adulthood when her parents brought her to Città di Castello hoping for a miraculous healing. There would be no miracle, so Margaret there. The local people cared for Margaret and eventually she was sheltered by Dominican nuns.
Margaret returned the kindness of the townspeople by dedicating herself to looking after local children while their parents were working, instructing them in faith and duty to loving God and neighbor. She also tended to the sick, comforted the dying and visited prisoners, using her own trials to lead by faithful example. Despite her own extreme challenges in life, she still dedicated herself to loving everyone put in her path.
Margaret eventually became a lay Dominican. She was given the habit of the order, which she wore every day. She died at the age of 33, her remains lie beneath the altar of the Church of St. Dominic in Castello.
Margaret was beatified in 1609 and canonized in 2021 by Pope Francis.
Saint Margaret of Castello is the patron of the disabled the blind and the pro-life movement.
Saint Margaret of Castello, pray for us!